European light welterweight champion Junior Witter believes he will be in for a relatively long night when he meets mandatory contender Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday July 9th at the Nottingham Arena on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ promotion being shown live on ITV. If his predictions are correct the Bradford switch hitter â€“ trained by the Ingle family at the fabled Wincobank gym in Sheffield â€“ will be extended beyond the fifth round for only the second time in 17 fights by his Hamburg based opponent.

“I have been watching videos of Kotelnik,” explained Witter, who last time out dominated the world-class Lovemore N’Dou in Hollywood. “He is a talented operator.